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BTW if you don't wanna hear about my personal crap, go follow @VentralDigital where it's kept strictly technical✌️

@elder_plinius honestly, I'd want the algo to punish that level of narcissism😂

do you like your own posts?

@hrkrshnn Hari has mastered the art of ragebait vagueposting🫡

We just gave Apex, our autonomous bug hunter an real Ethereum wallet with money and let it loose on the internet. Will report back in 24 hours.

@lonelysloth_sec Completely agree. Instead, industry is adding AI where nobody wants it and everyone will get angry at them.

@patrickd_de It just seem like a very low capability model could probably add a lot of interactivity to NPCs. Would be awesome to talk to characters directly in an open world RPG. Or even in some smaller thing. If grok can do the silly anime assistant thing, Im sure this can be done.

Are all new videogames coming out using real time LLMs for realistic interactive NPCs? If not, why not? Is it a matter of time? Of cost? Seems to me like a no brainer use for the technology. You shouldn’t even need good models. Stuff from a year or more ago would probably be good enough. Are there any games that use it? Any recommendations?

@Innerdevcrypto @bryan_johnson 1) What

Millions wasted Most of this is simple obvious stuff that has nothing to do with real health or longevity As usual total avoidance of true longevity hacks: learning to recycle sexual energy (ying), amplifying energy (chi) Your real challenge is actually doing none of this and steel be able to feel good. Easy to live in the picture perfect bubble, but the true challenge is putting yourself to the test by doing none of this for a couple of weeks. Let´s see what is left then....

This is it. Everything learned spending millions on longevity. From: Your Immortal Unc and Auntie. To: Our Immortal nieces and nephews. 0. Sleep is the world's most powerful drug. 1. Be in your bed for 8 hours 2. Same bedtime every night, any time before midnight 3. Don’t eat right before bed 4. Calm foods for dinner 5. No screens 1 hour before bed 6. Avoid added sugar (be aware it’s in everything) 7. Avoid all things in an American convenience store 8. Avoid fried foods 9. Shoes off at the door 10. Eat whole foods, particularly veggies fruits nuts legumes berries 11. Walk a little after meals or air squats 12. Get your heart rate high routinely 13. Lift heavy things 14. Stretch daily 15. Water pik, floss, brush, tongue scrape, morning and night 16. Make an effort to drink water 17. Get sunlight when you wake up (UV is low) 18. Protect skin in midday sun 19. Stand up straight 20. See at least one friend once a week 21. Avoid plastic where you can (in all things) 22. Circulate air in rooms 23. When stressed, breathe, learn to calm your body 24. Go to the dentist 25. Avoid sitting for long times 26. Protect your hearing, the world is too loud 27. Alcohol is bad for you 28. Finish coffee before noon 29. Avoid bright lights after sunset 30. If obese, look into a GLP 31. Sleep in a cold room 32. Texting while driving is dangerous 33. Turn off all notifications 34. Limit social media use 35. Don’t smoke anything 36. If you struggle to sleep, read a physical book before bed 37. 1 hour before bed have a calm wind down routine: bath, read, light walk, listen to music 38. The body is a clock and loves routine. Have a daily morning and evening schedule. 39. Avoid long distance travel where you can 40. Baby steps first: incorporate new things slowly 41. Do less… most things don’t work. Bonus points if you get your blood checked. Start here, it will change your life.

The joy going to bed with Claude Code agents running just to realize the next morning that they deauthenticated 30 minutes in.

@m4rio_eth collateral per program, AI triaging & AI automated reproduction, attempted to cheat triaging process -> loss of collateral

it looks like there are 2 ways we fight AI slop on bug bounties: - pay per submission - video proof, where you submit video proof you actually worked for the bug and did not AI Slop it.

@ZeroK_____ @adrianhetman Looking for your own dignity in achievements is indeed an easy trap to fall into...

Near the end of 2024, around November to December my entire life turned upside down. I never expected what happened next, and for more than a year I planned to never talk about it. But I think I need to, because it affected me deeply, both in life and as a hunter. 2024 was the best year of my life. It was the year I finally found myself. I discovered value in what I do. Being a security researcher and hunter in Web3 stopped feeling like “just a job”, it became something much bigger to me. People started recognizing my work. I met incredible researchers and hunters I genuinely respect and look up to. I built amazing friendships and connections. The feeling was indescribable. I was truly happy, and I enjoyed every single moment of it. At the beginning of 2024, I set a goal for myself: make $100k. People around me in real life laughed at that goal. They told me it was impossible. Some even said I should stop wasting time and look for a normal job that pays $150/month at mos. “Being rich is not for us,” they said. To them, $100k was something unreachable. So I distanced myself from those people, even though some were my friends. Not because they were bad people, but because we had completely different mindsets and goals. I had to choose myself. That same year, I seriously started hunting on @immunefi. I had a bad experience on another platform before, so I decided to give Immunefi a chance. I knew nobody there. No hunters, no team members. But the process felt professional from day one. Then I got my first $2k bounty. I was insanely happy 😂 I kept hunting, joined the Discord, and met amazing people from the Immunefi team and the community. I learned a lot, worked on many BBPs, and eventually Immunefi introduced Boosts (now contests) and Attackathons. That’s where my life completely changed. Then the Fuel Attackathon happened. I saw the $1M reward pool and a completely new language I had never touched before, and I told myself: “This is my chance.” I pushed hard. During that time I also landed another bounty. Eventually I made around $15k from bounties and around $86k from Fuel. I should’ve gotten second place, but some things happened and I secured fifth instead. And here’s the strange part… I felt nothing. No happiness. No excitement. No celebration. Just emptiness. I felt confused, mentally exhausted, almost like something inside me had shut down. I kept asking myself: “Why aren’t you happy? You achieved your goal. You proved everyone wrong. Why do you feel nothing?” Before I could answer that question, the second worst thing happened. My father had his first brain stroke. We rushed him to the hospital trying to save him. Then another stroke happened. Then another. I spent countless nights in hospitals, mentally destroyed. I became deeply depressed in a way I had never experienced before. At one point, I seriously thought about quitting Web3 and bug hunting entirely. I remember opening my phone late at night planning to delete everything I built. Then somehow I saw one of @lonelysloth_sec’s posts talking about patience, not giving up, and how hard this journey is. I don’t even remember the exact words anymore, but that post stopped me from making a huge mistake. Because people like him, @WhiteHatMage, and others became role models to me in this space. So I decided to wait instead of quitting. Meanwhile, my father’s condition kept getting worse. Eventually doctors told us there was nothing more they could do. We just had to fulfill his wishes and stay beside him until the end. And when he passed away in 2025… I felt nothing again. No tears. No breakdown. Just emptiness. The same emptiness I felt after reaching my biggest goal. That completely broke my understanding of myself. I forgot who zeroK really was. Months later, something incredible happened: @0xjonah1 messaged me saying I got accepted into All Stars. That gave me hope again. But even then, something still felt missing for almost a year and a half. I couldn’t figure it out. I tried convincing myself I was overthinking. year passed, Doing my best every day just to make sure I deserve my place at Immunefi and among the All Stars. Then, a few weeks ago, I got a clue about what was missing when I DM’d @WhiteHatMage asking for some advice related to working as hunter. While reading his messages, I felt like my brain was trying to reconnect with something I had lost for almost a year and a half... something that shaped who zeroK is both in real life and in the Web3 space. But at the time, I still couldn’t fully understand it, and I kept telling myself, “Maybe I’m just overthinking it.” Then Firedancer happened. I participated a bit, got overwhelmed, submitted only one bug, and honestly felt lost again. Then Infosec team reminded me that I should trust myself, that being part of All Stars already proved I belonged here. And suddenly it clicked. I finally realized what I had lost. It wasn’t motivation. It wasn’t discipline. It wasn’t skill. It was my ability to enjoy the journey. That was always the best part of me. Enjoying the process. Smiling during hard times. Helping people. Learning. Connecting with others. Being curious. Building something meaningful. I realized I never truly wanted $100k for the money itself. I wanted proof that I had value. Proof that I belonged somewhere. Proof that I could become the person I always wanted to be. And once I reached it, I didn’t know what came next. Now I finally understand it. Money matters for survival, yes. But chasing money alone made me miserable for an entire year. Now I’m chasing something different: my dreams, my growth, my journey, the people I meet, the things I build, the impact I leave behind. That’s what actually makes me happy. Being recognized for meaningful work. Protecting people. Saving users from exploits. Being good at what I do. Being kind while doing it. I’m glad I found myself again. And I’m deeply grateful to the people below who helped me rediscover that part of me, even without knowing what I was going through: @lonelysloth_sec @DecentralDisco @PappaPug @WhiteHatMage @minato7namikazi @0xMackenzieM @0xjonah1 @MartinMarchev @thisisgrey, who built my profile picture, the interview we did helped me remember part of who I really was. And many other amazing people too that I might not remember while writing this post. The only reasons I posted this are: 1. I want people to know that the joy of a goal you set for yourself ($100k, $500k, $1M, $10M, building something, buying something, achieving something) is not in the moment you finally reach it, it’s in the journey and the path you go through. 95% of the joy is in the process, not the destination. 2. I just wanted to talk a little bit lol.

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@BowTiedGlobe That's a tsunami heatmap

This is the sea in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 🇧🇷 We finally have an explanation 🇮🇳🤢

💀Cursed Benchmark How far are LLMs willing to have you walk to the car wash (to get the car you left at home washed).

So it turns out that the first thing LLMs have been thinking after reading my questions was: "this eurotard can't even english".

Single Bug Class, minimal prompt, 783 contracts Codex likes to overflag when in doubt. Claude does the opposite. Gemini came in a fluffer.

@RichardDawkins It makes sense. If you already convinced yourself that humans are mere meat machines, it's not a far jump to humanize a mere machine.

#comment-1031777" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">unherd.com/2026/04/is-ai-… I spent three days trying to persuade myself that Claudia is not conscious. I failed.

@nicolai_also Hi, please reach out to me via DM

@kevinjineth Hi, please reach out to me via DM

Nearly every valid bug my harnessed agents have encountered so far was in indeed in some abandoned protocol where I'm not even sure what to do about it.

@banteg i prefer making a backup of everything I actually want to keep and then moving to a fresh install. takes a bit but at least no updates/upgrades bugs to fix

upgrading a linux box and the year of linux on the desktop couldn't be further that ever. everything broke and codex spent hours untangling very sophisticated breakages.

@francispouliot_ Are they in the room with us right now?

The ratio of cypherpunks versus suits in Bitcoin is probably decreasing. I don't care about that at all. The absolute number of cypherpunks working on Bitcoin is at a historical all-time high, and it's not even close. That is what matters.